EXPERIENCED CONSTRUCTION LITIGATORS

Shareholder Scott Brooksby is the head of our construction practice. Our attorneys practice all types of construction law on behalf of owners, contractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, consultants, and governmental entities in all stages of construction projects—from project inception and procurement through project management, settlement discussions, and, if necessary, trial. Our construction attorneys are seasoned trial lawyers. If the case necessitates a trial, our attorneys are experienced enough to see the case all the way through to jury verdict. This trial experience assists our litigators during settlement negotiations and allows us to zealous advocate on our our clients' behalf at all stages of complex construction litigation.

Bet-the-company litigators

Olson Brooksby has experience in bet-the-company litigation. These are lawsuits that have the potential to destroy or outright obliterate a company. Generally they are complex and involve multiple parties, layered discovery issues, and confidentiality concerns. We have experience successfully negotiating settlements in these cases and preserving the companies we represent. We know how to navigate high stakes cases when businesses and livelihoods are on the line.

Olson Brooksby represents both businesses and individuals

We represent individuals and businesses in a wide variety of disputes, including contract and partnership disputes, business torts, professional malpractice defense, protection of customer and client lists, trade secrets, injunctions, and enforcement of noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and individuals.

Our lawyers are seasoned litigators who can engage in the rigorous motion practice required of complex business litigation, including preliminary injunctions and expedited discovery motion practice. The advantage of choosing Olson Brooksby is that our lawyers were shareholders at a large regional firm before starting their own firm. We offer big firm skills coupled with boutique firm efficiency, responsiveness, and attentiveness. We understand the quick-moving particularities of trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation. We devote ourselves to learning about and understanding our clients' businesses so that we can effectively and efficiently provide guidance concerning everything from insurance to restrictive covenants and noncompetes. As small business owners ourselves, we are uniquely familiar with the complex nature of building, running, and preserving a business.

The lawyers at Olson Brooksby have decades of experience analyzing and litigating contracts. We know how to effectively navigate arguments concerning nuanced contract interpretation, including the seeming minutiae of punctuation placement and word choice. We have experience with oral contracts sealed with a handshake, as well as complex contracts that consist of reams of paper.

Surrogacy is extremely popular here in Portland, Oregon. Olson Brooksby is one of the few firms in Oregon that has experience with surrogacy contracts, negotiation, and litigation.

Defense of an international business owner in multiple contentious lawsuits in state court and bankruptcy court in which claimed damages exceeded $1.2 million. The cases involved allegations concerning breach of an employment agreement, breach of a noncompetition agreement, misappropriation of trade secrets, punitive damages, attorney fees, injunctions, and contempt sanctions. Kristin Olson brought a successful motion for settlement conference and resolved the case favorably.

Kristin Olson obtained a dismissal of all claims in a breach of contract case brought by Dave’s Killer Bread against Kristin’s client, Montana Merchandising, Inc., a Montana grain company. Dave’s Killer Bread, Inc. v. Mont. Merch., Inc., Case No. 3:17-cv-0237-YY (D. Or. July 12, 2017). Dave’s Killer Bread filed a lawsuit against Kristin’s client in Oregon. Kristin’s client responded by suing Dave’s in Montana. A dispute arose regarding the most appropriate venue–Oregon or Montana–for this complex commercial litigation case. In a Motion to Dismiss, Kristin argued that the case should be litigated in Montana and that the Oregon lawsuit should be dismissed in its entirety. The United States District Court for the District of Oregon agreed, and dismissed the case against Kristin’s client.

Practice areas include:

Breach of contract, including aviation contracts and employment agreements

Insurance-related contracts

Buy/sell agreements

Lending contracts

Distribution agreements

Professional service contracts

Property contracts

Sales agreements

Timber trespass

Real estate arbitration

Adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court

General trespass and conversion

Interference with contractual relations

Interference with prospective business advantage

Fraud and misrepresentation

Embezzlement

Actions for declaratory judgment

Mining and mineral claims

Defense of medical groups

Commercial torts

Injunctions and injunction violations

Conversion

Noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants, including noncompetes involving doctors, manufacturers, and other professions

Trade secrets, unfair competition, and intellectual property

Breach of the duty of loyalty

Disputes regarding the "first-to-file" and simultaneous lawsuits in different venues

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